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A Great Catch

Newly caught fish lie on ice covering Chagan Lake in Songyuan City, Jilin Province, on December 26, 2021. For centuries, the fishermen and women living by the lake have continued the tradition of ice fishing—by drilling holes through thick ice and placing gill nets underneath.

Annual Session Schedule

The 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) will kick off its fifth annual session in Beijing on March 5, according to a decision of the NPC Standing Committee on December 24, 2021.

The suggested agenda of the annual session includes reviewing the government work report, and examining the report on the implementation of the plan on national economic and

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